Slats Diary mix of odd notes and schoolroom humor
A compilation of brief diary entries and vignettes from Oliver N Warren attributed to Slats. It covers a court telephone experiment in Rome, alarm devices in Italy, a police station call in Akron, and Irish rate changes, followed by a rambling, misspelled week of schoolday anecdotes describing teachers, students, fratricide, and social missteps with a humorous bluntness.
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Stanford
W. J. Duncan
Nashville
Duncan
Rome
Italy
Italian Telephone Administration
Akron
Ghia
Health Habits to Fight the Common Cold at ATandT
Dr. Leverett D. Bristol, health director at American Telephone and Telegraph urges employees to build immunity through outdoor air, sunshine, exercise, proper clothing, nutrition, and periodic medical exams. He cautions against broadcasting a cold, promotes personal hygiene to prevent spread, and advises prompt medical care for prolonged symptoms.
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Leverett D. Bristol
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bristol
Planked Meat Loaf with Tomatoes and Mashed Potatoes
A tempting plank served meat loaf topped with fluffy mashed potatoes and edged with broiled tomato halves. The dish bakes in a moderate oven then browns with buttered crumbs, serving six to eight as a feast for a luncheon or bridge party.
Radio stars and fans fuel Hollywood air fervor
Robert Taylor drives autograph scenes on Radio Theatre with fans flocking to theaters after his shows. Autograph requests surge for TV and radio names Clarence Muse Arline Jackson and others as rehearsals and crossovers fuel publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Jean Harlow
Hollywood Boulevard Theatre
Ship-to-shore telephone service expands aboard Chichibu Maru
Japanese liner Chichibu Maru gains ship to shore telephone links via Bell System stations at Dixon and Point Reyes enabling calls between passengers at sea and Tokyo. Service reaches Hawaii Philippines Japan and other Oriental ports and covers the Empress of Britain cruise. Initiated with the Leviathan 1929 and expanded to about twenty five ships by 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell System
Dixon
Point Reyes
California
Hawaii
Philippines
Japan
Radio Star recalls early stage glories and July NBC work
In Washington and New York, a rising star recounts a life in acting from child roles in stock to Hollywood films and Broadway acclaim. She notes winning an Academy Medal for The Sin of Madelon Claudet, later shifting to radio on NBC Blue while balancing stage duties and family.
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S. S
Reddy
Jane
Elsy
Crick
Janke
Jake
Simeas
Marcyed
Who
Washington, D. C
Columbia Stock Company
Dancing
Lew Fields
Washington
Victor Herbert
Diamond Jim” Brady
Lillian Russell
Sacred Heart Academy
John Drew
William Gillette
Hollywood
Madelon Claudet
Mary of Scotland
Victoria Regina
New York
Radio City
NBC Blue
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Danton Sour. Nots
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
Dublin
Irish Free State
Ministry For Posts and Telegraphs
Oliver N. Warren
Neti
Hagan
Elmo Scott Watson
John D. McDougall
Chicago
Mr. McDougall
A. J. Sundberg
Hillsboro
N. D
Sundberg
Western Newspaper Union
Worcester Grains
Beulah V. Gillaspie
Sealtest Laboratory Kitchen
Clarence Muse
Rockefellers
Schwabs and
Thaws
Florida
Ed Wynn
Derby
Arline Jackson
CBS
MHK FH
Joachim
Phil Baker
Bing Crosby
Bob Burns
Rose Bampton
Metropoltan
The
Met
Joe Cook
Broadway
Radio Row
Joe
Smith Ballew
Edward Everett Horton
Lake Hopatcong
New Jersey
John Gurney
Metropolitan Opera
Don Wilson
Wilson
Uss
Chizuru Kashiwagi
Transocean
Tokyo
Chichibu Maru
Helen Hayes
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
Denton
Baltimore, Md
Boston
Mass
New York, N. Y
Philadelphia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City Market Street
FORD
Preston Motor Co
Lane & Brauchle, Props
Preston
Legrande Food
Grande
Land O’ Lakes
Washburn's
Legrande Sauer Kraut
Mokay Coffee
Webe
ASTOR
Legrande
Prunes
Xtra
Wheaties
the Food For Champion
N.B.C. Ritz L
HN. B.C
Miour
Ney. Mve
Set Pour Ciernes Hospital
Willard L. Swann
G. C. Cohee
Denton Harvey Fleetwood
L. Trice, Jr
Preston Arnie’s Cash Grocery
Milford Kline
Harry Stedman
Ridgely IL
Calvin Butler
Greensboro
J. W. Sylvester
Geldsboro
J. F. Lane
Goklabore
H. A. Porter
Burrsrire
R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
Camay
D. Ralph Horsey
Hudsons
Terraplanes
NO. 1 Cars OF America
Wright Motor Co
Market Street
Service Department
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